Television can save the future of the Caribbean Series - Martí News

Future Caribbean Series could be found in the sale of television broadcast an option to support themselves and expand into other markets, said Friday the president of the Caribbean Baseball Confederation.

“I I think for me it is now crucial that we sell the event the Caribbean Series at the TV, “he told reporters Juan Francisco Puello, president of the Confederacy, during a tour of the stadium” New Sparta “from the Venezuelan island of Margarita, where between 1 and 8 February the 56th edition of the call of the Caribbean Baseball World Series will be played.

“I think there is the future. provide We have to show ( in) other countries will be interested, “he added.

In this regard, Puello said the Caribbean Baseball Confederation and serviced Imagina U.S., marketing company based in Spain.

It is curious that with so many companies in this continent specialized in marketing and baseball, have hired a company from a country that does not know the sport, Spain and is based in Europe.

” When we have that, we will have a rather large pants and then one will think about the integration of other countries, “Puello said.

champions Venezuela (Navegantes de Magallanes), Dominican Republic (Tigres del Licey), Puerto Rico (Mayagüez Indians) and Mexico (Hermosillo Naranjeros) integrate the undercard of the tournament, to be held for the second time in Isla Margarita and debuts new format with a first round robin, semi-finals and a final.

Villa Clara, monarch of the last season of the current Cuban baseball league, played the tournament as a guest – the first set of Cuba from participating since Cienfuegos won the title in 1960 when there were still free baseball on the island. Villa Clara team comes as reinforced players other sets which is practically a national team.

Last year, the Caribbean Classic was played under the format of all against all in two rounds, but the two teams with the best records after the “round robin” played in the final, won by the Yaquis de Obregon.

The editions of 2011 and 2012 were played in generally poor attendance, especially in the last day in which already was a champion. The Caribbean Series has lost the level it was in its first stage, when Cuba was involved with his baseball at the time had the highest level in the world after the majors.

Puello Herrera felt that Currently, the Caribbean Series remains successful “economic, successful in every aspect that you want to see.”

He said that if you can put the event through television to another public concerned in this show, is very likely to be able to accommodate other nations in the region like Panama, Colombia and Nicaragua, whose leagues are working to achieve the level of possessing the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela.